JP4905249B2 - Bookmark service method and bookmark service server - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a social bookmark service that is one of services on the Internet.

  Bookmarks for registering addresses of resources on the Internet, for example, URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers) of resources, are generally managed for each browser installed on the client. A social bookmark service is widely used in which a user registers a bookmark in a service server and the bookmark is shared among users who use the service server.

  As an invention related to the social bookmark service, for example, in Patent Document 1, bookmark registration data describing usage classification of a bookmark registered by a user is stored in a management database of a management server, and the bookmark registered by the user is stored. A system is disclosed in which a bookmark that belongs to the same usage category as that of the bookmark registration data and that is registered by another user is extracted from a management database and the extracted bookmark is presented to the user as a recommended bookmark.

JP 2007-72596 A

  However, in the conventional social bookmark service, the bookmark presented to the user is only the bookmark registered by the user of the social bookmark service, and the bookmark not registered by the user of the social bookmark service is presented to the user. could not.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a method and a service server that can present to a user a bookmark that is not registered by the user of the social bookmark service in the social bookmark service that is one of services on the Internet. And

  A first invention for solving the above-described problem is a bookmark service method executed by a service server providing a social bookmark service, in which the service server uses an address of a web page transmitted from a client as a user. The user registration step of registering as a bookmark and the service server extract the link destination address of the address of the user bookmark registered in the user registration step each time a predetermined trigger is established, and the appearance frequency is more than specified An automatic registration step of registering the link destination address as the link bookmark, extracting the user bookmark to be presented to the user, and registering the link destination address of the extracted user bookmark address as the link bookmark. When and, the said link bookmarks extracted, characterized in that extracted the user bookmark and the link bookmark comprises a bookmark presentation step of presenting to the user.

  According to the first invention described above, since many web pages linked from the address destination of the user bookmark registered in the user registration step are also registered as the link bookmark, the user of the social bookmark service Bookmarks that are not registered can be presented to the user.

  Furthermore, the second invention is the bookmark service method according to the first invention, wherein in the bookmark presenting step, a tag obtained from the address destination of the user bookmark to be presented to the user and presented to the user. The tag obtained from the address destination of the link bookmark is presented to the user.

  According to the second invention described above, the tag obtained from the address destination of the user bookmark presented to the user and the tag obtained from the address destination of the link bookmark presented to the user are presented to the user. Thus, it becomes possible to display words that the user does not regularly use as tags.

  Furthermore, a third invention is the bookmark service method according to the first invention or the second invention, wherein when the extracted link bookmark is registered as the user bookmark in the bookmark presenting step, a link is provided. The original user bookmark and the link bookmark are displayed in association with each other.

  According to the third invention described above, when the extracted link bookmark is registered as the user bookmark, the user bookmark registered by the user is displayed by associating and displaying the user bookmark as a link source and the link bookmark. The user bookmarks can be presented to the user.

  Further, a fourth invention is the bookmark service method according to any one of the first invention to the third invention, wherein in the automatic registration step, the service server provides a social bookmark service. To the other web server, published on the web server, and further registered a bookmark with a large number of user registrations as a social bookmark in the service server. In the bookmark presenting step, the social information obtained from the web server is registered. It is characterized by presenting a bookmark.

  According to the fourth aspect described above, by acquiring the social bookmark from the web server, bookmarks other than those registered in the service server can be presented to the user.

  Further, the fifth invention is a service server providing a service of social bookmarks, a user registration means for registering a bookmark of a web page designated by a user as a user bookmark in a database storing the bookmark, Every time a predetermined trigger is established, the link destination address of the user bookmark address registered by the user registration means is extracted, and the link destination address whose appearance frequency is equal to or higher than a specified value is used as the link bookmark in the database. Automatic registration means for registering to the user, the user bookmark to be presented to the user is extracted, and when the link destination address of the extracted user bookmark is registered as the link bookmark, the link book Over click also extracted, characterized in that extracted the user bookmark and the link bookmark comprises a bookmark presenting means for presenting to the user.

  Further, a sixth invention is the service server according to the fifth invention, wherein the bookmark presenting means provided in the service server includes a tag obtained from an address destination of the user bookmark presented to the user, The tag obtained from the address destination of the link bookmark to be presented to the user is presented to the user.

  Further, a seventh invention is the service server according to the fifth invention or the sixth invention, wherein the bookmark presenting means provided in the service server uses the extracted link bookmark as the user bookmark. When registered in the database, the user bookmark as a link source and the link bookmark are displayed in association with each other.

  Further, an eighth invention is the service server according to any one of the sixth invention to the seventh invention, wherein the automatic registration means provided in the service server provides a social bookmark service. The other bookmarks are registered in the database as social bookmarks, and the bookmark presenting means registers the social bookmarks registered in the database. Is presented to the user.

  According to the fifth to eighth inventions described above, the same effects as the first to fourth inventions can be obtained.

  According to the above-described present invention, in the social bookmark service which is one of services on the Internet, it is possible to provide a method and a service server capable of presenting a user with a bookmark not registered by the user of the social bookmark service.

  The method and service server according to the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining a system in which a service server 1 according to the present invention is arranged.

  In addition to the service server 1 according to the present invention, the system illustrated in FIG. 1 provides a plurality of web servers 3 that publish articles on many web pages and a social bookmark service other than the service server 1. A social bookmark server 4 and a client 2 used by a user of the service server 1 are connected via the Internet 5.

  The service server 1 according to the present invention is a web server that provides a social bookmark service. Like other social bookmark servers 4, a user who uses the service server 1 can bookmark web pages that are frequently used. Can be registered by tagging, and bookmarks registered by other users can be searched.

  In addition, in order to provide a wide range of bookmarks to the user, the service server 1 according to the present invention uses a bookmark of a large number of web pages linked at the address of the user bookmark, which is a bookmark registered by the user, as a link bookmark. It has a function to register automatically.

  Furthermore, the service server 1 also has a function of automatically registering bookmarks provided by social bookmark servers 4 other than the service server 1 in order to provide bookmarks to users more widely.

  From here, the function of the service server 1 is demonstrated in detail. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the service server 1. The service server 1 is provided with a RAM, a hard disk, a network interface, and the like as hardware resources used by the CPU of the service server 1, and each means provided in the service server 1 for realizing the present invention is a service server. This is realized by a computer program using one hardware resource.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the service server 1 inputs / outputs information with a client, manages user sessions for each client, a bookmark DB 14 (DB: Data Base) in which bookmarks are registered, User registration means 11 that operates when the user registers user bookmarks in the bookmark DB 14, automatic registration means 12 that operates when the service server 1 automatically registers link bookmarks in the bookmark DB 14, and bookmarks displayed on the client And at least bookmark search means 13 for searching for.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the contents of the user bookmark stored in the bookmark DB 14. The user bookmark includes user bookmark attribute information, a user bookmark location, a user bookmark link destination address, a user bookmark tag, and user registration information indicating the user registration status of the user bookmark.

  A value indicating a user bookmark is described in the attribute information of the user bookmark, and a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) of a web page registered as the user bookmark is described in the location of the user bookmark.

  Also, the URI of the web page linked at the location of the user bookmark is described in the user bookmark as the link destination address. Furthermore, at least one word with high importance extracted by performing natural language analysis on the text information of the web page published at the location of the user bookmark is described as a tag. Note that the text information used when extracting the tag may be the text of the web page or the meta information (for example, RSS) of the web page.

  Furthermore, the user registration information of the user bookmark describes the number of user registrations indicating the number of users who have registered user bookmarks, and the user IDs of users who have registered user bookmarks.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining the contents of the link bookmark stored in the bookmark DB 14. The link bookmark includes link bookmark attribute information, the location of the link bookmark, and the link source address of the link bookmark.

  In the link bookmark attribute information, a value indicating that it is a link bookmark is described, and in the location of the link bookmark, a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) of a web page registered as a link bookmark is described.

  The location of the user bookmark whose link destination is the location of the link bookmark is described in the link bookmark as the link source address. Furthermore, at least one word having high importance extracted by performing natural language analysis on the text information of the web page published at the location of the link bookmark is described as a tag. Note that the text information used when extracting the tag may be the text of the web page or the meta information (for example, RSS) of the web page.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an operation in which the user registration unit 11 registers a user bookmark. When the user registration unit 11 registers a user bookmark, the user interface unit 10 of the service server 1 acquires the URI of the web page to be registered as the user bookmark from the client 2 operated by the user (step S1).

  In this step, the user interface unit 10 of the service server 1 displays an input form for inputting a URI on the client 2 in order to acquire the URI of the web page to be registered as the user bookmark. To obtain the URI of the web page to be registered.

  When the user interface unit 10 of the service server 1 acquires the URI of the web page to be registered as the user bookmark, the acquired URI is delivered to the user registration unit 11, and the user registration unit 11 searches the bookmark DB 14 and acquires the acquired web page. It is confirmed whether or not a user bookmark whose location is the URI of is already registered (step S2).

  In step S2, when the user bookmark having the acquired URI as the location is not found, the user registration unit 11 proceeds to step S3, creates a new user bookmark, and registers the newly created user bookmark in the bookmark DB.

  If a user bookmark whose location is the acquired URI is found, the process proceeds to step S4, and the user registration unit 11 updates the contents of the user bookmark whose location is the acquired URI.

  When the user registration unit 11 newly creates a user bookmark in step S3, the attribute information is set to a value indicating that it is a user bookmark, the URL of the web page acquired in step S1 is set as the location of the user bookmark, and the user bookmark user The number of user registrations in the registration information is “1”, and the user ID for registering the user bookmark is described in the user registration information.

  Furthermore, the user registration means 11 accesses a web page specified by the location of the user bookmark, analyzes text information published on the web page, extracts a hyperlink as a link destination address, and further extracts the user bookmark. Words obtained by natural language analysis are extracted as user bookmark tags.

  In step S4, when the user registration unit 11 updates the contents of the user bookmark registered in the bookmark DB 14, the user registration number of the user registration information of the user bookmark is incremented by one, and further the user bookmark is registered. The user ID of the user is added to the user registration information of the user bookmark.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart of an operation in which the automatic registration unit 12 registers a link bookmark. When the predetermined trigger occurs, the automatic registration unit 12 starts the operation (step S10). In this step, a user bookmark can be newly created or updated, and a certain period (for example, one day) can be triggered.

  When the automatic registration unit 12 starts operation, the automatic registration unit 12 refers to the user bookmark stored in the bookmark DB 14, extracts the link destination address of the user bookmark, and determines the appearance frequency of the link destination address for each link destination address. Count (step S11).

  When the appearance frequency of the link destination address is counted, the automatic registration unit 12 extracts a link destination URL having an appearance frequency equal to or higher than a specified value as a link destination address to be registered as a link bookmark (step S12).

  After step S12, the automatic registration unit 12 executes a loop process L1 including steps S13 and S14 for each link destination URL extracted in step S12. In this loop process L1, the automatic registration means 12 checks whether the link bookmark of the link destination URL extracted in step S12 has already been registered in the bookmark DB 14 (step S13).

  If the link bookmark of the link destination URL is not registered in the bookmark DB 14, the automatic registration means 12 newly creates and registers the link bookmark of the link destination URL (step S14), and the link bookmark of the link destination URL is registered in the bookmark DB 14. If so, the automatic registration means 12 does not execute step S14, and a new link bookmark is not created or registered.

  When the automatic registration unit 12 newly creates a link bookmark in step S14, the automatic registration unit 12 sets the attribute information to a value indicating that it is a link bookmark, and further, a link to be registered as a link bookmark from the user bookmarks. The user bookmark including the destination URL is extracted, and the location of the extracted user bookmark is described as the link source address of the link bookmark to be registered.

  Further, the automatic registration means 12 accesses a web page specified by the location of the link bookmark registered in the bookmark DB 14, and extracts a word obtained by natural language analysis of the text information of the web page as a tag of the link bookmark. .

  After the loop processing L1 is executed for all the link destination addresses extracted in step S12, the operation of the automatic registration unit 12 registering the link bookmark ends. The link bookmark registered in the bookmark DB 14 by executing the flow of FIG. 6 is used as a bookmark recommended to the user.

  Furthermore, the automatic registration means 12 of the service server 1 has a function of automatically registering social bookmarks provided by the social book server 4 other than the service server 1 in order to provide bookmarks to users more widely. It is desirable.

  The content of the social bookmark registered in the bookmark DB 14 is almost the same as the content of the link bookmark, but the attribute information of the social bookmark is a value indicating that it is a social bookmark, and the location of the social bookmark is the link destination address. If there is a bookmark, the location of the user bookmark is described as the link source address of the social bookmark.

  From here, the web page which the service server 1 displays on a client in order for the service server 1 to provide a bookmark to a user is demonstrated.

  The function as the bookmark presenting means according to the present invention is provided in the user interface means 10 of the service server 1, and as described above, the user interface means 10 inputs / outputs information to / from the client, and performs a session for each client. And a function for creating a web page to be displayed on the client. The user interface means 10 is a web page to be displayed on the client, a common web page that is common to all users, and an individual for each user. Create a user web page.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a common web page common to all users. As shown in FIG. 7, the common web page 7 includes a bookmark search keyword input form 70, a plurality of categories 71 used when searching for bookmarks, a user ID input form 76a, and a user password. Input form 76b and a log-in character 76c to be clicked when user authentication is performed. Further, the common web page 7 has a bookmark frame 72 for displaying a search result of user bookmarks, and is recommended to all users. A recommendation frame 73 for displaying a bookmark and a tag frame 74 for displaying a tag are provided.

  When a search keyword is input to the input form 70, the input search keyword is delivered to the bookmark search means 13, and the bookmark search means 13 retrieves a user bookmark tagged with the input search keyword from the bookmark DB 14. Search for.

  The search result of the bookmark search means 13 is delivered to the user interface means 10, and the user interface means 10 displays the searched user bookmarks in the bookmark frame 72 in the descending order of the number of user registrations included in the user registration information of the user bookmark. To do.

  When one of the categories displayed on the common web page 7 is clicked, the clicked category is transferred from the user interface means 10 to the bookmark search means 13, and the bookmark search means 13 is tagged according to the clicked category. The attached user bookmark is searched from the bookmark DB 14.

  The search result of the bookmark search means 13 is delivered to the user interface means 10, and the user interface means 10 displays the searched bookmarks in the bookmark frame 72 in descending order of the number of user registrations included in the user registration information of the user bookmark. .

  When the client accesses the service server 1 for the first time, that is, when the search keyword is not input and the category is not clicked, the user interface means 10 is included in the user registration information of the user bookmark. Bookmarks are displayed in the bookmark frame 72 in descending order of the number of users.

  The user interface means 10 searches for a social bookmark having a large number of registrations among the social bookmarks obtained from the social book server 4, displays it on the recommendation frame 73, and further extracts a tag extracted from the user bookmark displayed on the bookmark frame 72. Displayed on the tag frame 74.

  When the user inputs the user ID in the input form 76a and inputs the password in the input form 76b, when the user clicks the login character 76c, the user ID and password are transmitted to the service server 1, and the user interface means 10 User authentication using a password is performed. When user authentication is successful, a user web page of the user who has succeeded in authentication is generated and transmitted to the client.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a user web page that is individual for each user. As shown in FIG. 8, the user web page 8 has a search keyword input form 80 for the user bookmark 8 registered by the user authenticated by the user and the user bookmark registered by the user authenticated by the user authenticated as in the common web page 7. A plurality of categories 81 used when searching for a user, a registration button 85 clicked when registering a user bookmark, and a bookmark frame 82 for displaying a user bookmark search result are displayed on the user web page 8. A recommended frame 83 for displaying a bookmark recommended for the user, and a tag frame 84 for displaying a tag tagged to the user bookmark.

  When a search keyword is entered in the input form 80 on the user web page 8 or when one category 81 is selected, the user bookmark to be searched by the bookmark search means 13 is registered by a user authenticated user. Limited to user bookmarks.

  Further, when the link destination address of the searched user bookmark is stored in the bookmark DB 14 as a link bookmark, the user interface means 10 extracts the link bookmark as a link bookmark recommended to the user, and all the extracted link bookmarks or A part is displayed in the recommendation frame 83.

  In addition, when the user has registered a link bookmark recommended for the user as a user bookmark, the user interface means 10 does not display the link bookmark on the recommendation frame 83, but as shown in the area 86 of FIG. The link bookmark registered as the bookmark and the user bookmark of the link source address of this link bookmark are displayed in association with each other.

  Further, the user interface unit 10 displays the tag of the link bookmark whose location is the link destination address of the user bookmark in addition to the tag of the user bookmark on the tag frame 84.

  When the registration button 85 in FIG. 8 is clicked, an input form for inputting the URI of the web page is displayed, and the URI of the web page input to the input form is delivered to the user registration means 11. Then, the user bookmark of the URI input in this input form is registered in the bookmark DB 14.

  After the user authentication, the common web page 7 shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the client 2 and when the registration button 75 is clicked, the user bookmark corresponding to the clicked registration button 75 is delivered to the user registration means 11. Then, the user registration unit 11 adds the user ID of the user who has been authenticated to the user registration information of the user bookmark corresponding to the clicked registration button 75.

The figure explaining the system by which the service server is arrange | positioned. The block diagram of a service server. The figure explaining the content of a user bookmark. The figure explaining the content of a link bookmark. The flowchart of the operation | movement in which a user registration means registers a user bookmark. The flowchart of the operation | movement in which an automatic registration means registers a link bookmark. The figure which showed an example of the common web page. The figure which showed an example of the user web page.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Service server 10 User interface means 11 User registration means 12 Automatic registration means 13 Bookmark search means 14 Bookmark DB
2 Client 3 Web server 4 Social book server 5 Internet

Claims (8)

  A bookmark service method executed by a service server providing a social bookmark service, wherein the service server registers an address of a web page transmitted from a client as a user bookmark, and the service server However, every time a predetermined trigger is established, the link destination address of the user bookmark address registered in the user registration step is extracted, and the link destination address whose appearance frequency is equal to or higher than a regulation is used as the link bookmark. The automatic registration step of registration, the user bookmark to be presented to the user are extracted, and the link destination address of the extracted user bookmark is registered as the link bookmark. Bookmark service method characterized in that comprises a bookmark presentation step marks also extracted, extracted the user bookmark and the link Bookmark presented to the user.   The bookmark service method according to claim 1, wherein in the bookmark presenting step, a tag obtained from an address destination of the user bookmark presented to the user and an address destination of the link bookmark presented to the user are obtained. A bookmark service method comprising presenting a tag to the user.   3. The bookmark service method according to claim 1, wherein when the extracted link bookmark is registered as the user bookmark in the bookmark presenting step, the user bookmark and the link bookmark that become a link source are registered. A bookmark service method characterized by displaying the URLs in association with each other.   The bookmark service method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein, in the automatic registration step, the service server accesses another web server that provides a social bookmark service, and A bookmark that is published on a web server and that has a large number of user registrations is registered in the service server as a social bookmark, and the social bookmark obtained from the web server is presented in the bookmark presenting step. Service method.   A service server providing a social bookmark service, and a user registration means for registering a bookmark of a web page designated by a user as a user bookmark in a database storing the bookmark, and a predetermined trigger is established. Automatic registration means for extracting the link destination address of the user bookmark address registered by the user registration means and registering the link destination address whose appearance frequency is not less than a specified value as the link bookmark in the database; The user bookmark to be presented to the user is extracted, and when the link destination address of the extracted user bookmark is registered as the link bookmark, the link bookmark is also extracted and extracted. Service server, characterized in that said user bookmark and the link bookmark comprises a bookmark presenting means for presenting to the user a.   6. The service server according to claim 5, wherein the bookmark presenting means provided in the service server includes a tag obtained from an address destination of the user bookmark presented to the user and the link bookmark presented to the user. A service server that presents to the user a tag obtained from the address of the service.   7. The service server according to claim 5, wherein the bookmark presenting means provided in the service server is a link source when the extracted link bookmark is registered in the database as the user bookmark. The service server, wherein the user bookmark and the link bookmark are displayed in association with each other. The service server according to any one of claims 6 to 7, wherein the automatic registration means provided in the service server accesses another web server that provides a social bookmark service, A bookmark published on the web server and registered in the database as a social bookmark is registered in the database, and the bookmark presenting means presents the social bookmark registered in the database to the user. Service server to do.

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